Did I do it?

In the last blog post I mentioned Perth had only received 15% of it’s usual summer rainfall.  Well late yesterday afternoon a thunderstorm rolled through giving us a welcome drenching.  Then Jan and I went to Ocean Reef for lunch today and it started raining.

The woman ahead of me in the food queue was telling the cashier they had recently left England to avoid the rain only to find it raining in Perth.  The cashier asked her whether they had done the UK-Oz flight non-stop and was informed they had transited through Singapore.  The cashier then asked her how confident she was about getting a return flight given that Singapore is starting to have Coronavirus problems?  I don’t think the English tourist had thought of that!

Meanwhile Postman Chan delivered another parcel today.  It was the Tyre Pressure Management System (TPMS) I’d ordered from China.  After removing the wrapping I washed my hands and then opened the package.

The TPMS consists of a control unit with LCD display and four external tyre sensors which screw onto the tyre valve.  The control unit is configurable allowing the user to set an upper and lower tyre pressure as well as a high temperature reading.  If any of these parameters are exceeded then the unit emits a visual and audible alarm.  It has a small solar panel on top to charge the control unit and can also be via a micro SD port on one side.

I’m going to secure it to the dash mat with a piece of Velcro.   The pressure readings on the display appear to be accurate and I thought it was good value at just over $30.